FINANCIAL TIMES: Beijing said the US had “ignored the facts” as it responded on Wednesday to US plans to impose additional import duties of up to 35.2 per cent on Chinese-made solar panels in an escalation of the trade war in the industry that began in 2012.
It proposed duties at much higher rates than a first round announced in March 2012 and with a broader scope, covering both assembled solar panels and the cells used to make them. The duties initially covered only solar cells.
The US department of commerce announced on Tuesday that following an investigation it had made a preliminary finding that photovoltaic solar components imported from China were being subsidised in a way that damaged US-based manufacturers… (more)
